Of the 2010 albums I have heard thus far, I think Odd Blood by Yeasayer probably stands out as my favorite. Or at least the one that most interests me.
If I had to explain it one sentence I’d say “It sounds like Animal Collective if they wrote really catchy pop songs.” What I mean […]

This Pheonix performance on NPR went up on May 18th, but I just came across it today and I wanted to share it with our readers here.
It’s a four song (”Lisztomania,” “Armistice,” “1901,” for their debut album and Air’s “Playground Love” from the Virgin Suicides soundtrack) acoustic set that lasts 12 minutes.
The really […]

Liam Gallagher and the other members of Oasis (other than lead songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher who broke-up Oasis when he quit the band last year) will be recording a new album under the name Beady Eye with their first single due out in October.
Beady Eye consists of Liam Gallagher on lead vocals, Gem Archer on lead […]

This post has absolutely nothing to do with music. And to make it even worse, it’s the first post on the blog in almost two weeks! My excuse is that things have been hectic and I haven’t had time to post (and unfortunately the contributions from other members has dwindled — and no new writers […]

I don’t know this kid’s name (***edit: his name is Greyson Michael Chance***) or anything else about him except that he is in the 6th grade and that he goes by the name “Greyson97″ on YouTube. And that he did this killer cover of “Paparazzi” by Lady Gaga at some kind of school function that […]

“Misery” is the 8th song in my series on the 186 original Beatles songs released from 1962 through 1970. “Do You Want To Know A Secret?” was the last entry. These first 8 songs are the 8 Lennon/McCartney originals included on The Beatles 1963 debut album, Please Please Me.
This is a pretty unremarkable song […]

“Workin’ Day and Night” is the 3rd track from Michael Jackson’s 1979 classic album Off the Wall. It’s one of three songs on the album that MJ wrote or co-wrote (along with “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” and “Get On the Floor”) and it’s one of my favorite songs on the album.
It’s pretty simple […]

I read Music, The Brain, & Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain last month and I really enjoyed it. If you’re interested in both “thinking about thinking” and “thinking about music” like I am then I think you’ll enjoy this book as well. It is recommended.
What follows is clear evidence that I’m an even worse reviewer […]

The first song released by Trent Reznor’s new band How To Destroy Angels (which features his wife Mariqueen Maandig on vocals) can be heard over at Pitchfork. It’s called “A Drowning” and a download of the track can be purchased on Amazon.
How To Destroy Angels is set to release a self titled debut EP […]

I’m listing this under “mushrooms” instead of “album reviews” not because I’m on mushrooms when I do this review but it is true that things are somewhat strange and I don’t know of any other way to put it. But it’s really because this is too halfassed of a post for it to be called […]